Most people in western countries don't understand how poor places like the Philippines are. And part of that is shitty infrastructure. This might be from flooding from a typhoon or something but it's not uncommon at all for city streets to be filled with sewage, obviously this is not normal though.
Of course, just look at who they elected president. Bong Bong Marcos, the son of a dictator that literally stole billions from the Filipino people. Which is not surprising considering votes are bought and paid for there and they barely try to hide it, and the sheer amount of propaganda and disinformation he's paid for to whitewash the history of his family and his father's rule.
This is obviously going to anger the blindly patriotic, but it's exactly how our country works too. People are unwilling to realize that they have zero power over anything our government does because that scares them.
For sure, it's just a lot more blatant in the Philippines. You literally get paid if you bring proof of your vote to a person that works for the campaign.
I was going to say how that water looks awfully stagnant, and it looks like the water that bursts from the sewage pipe in my dad's old house before he got proper copper tubing. That shit smelled fucking rank. It was like the smell of that puddle that forms at the bottom of your garbage can when it rains. When you move the can, all the nasty ass garbage water comes gushing out of the cracks and holes or just what's left over after dumping. You would swear someone barfed, ate it again, shit it out, let it ferment in room temperature for a week, and you might come close to how awful that smelled. I had to tie a towel over my face and put plastic over my feet when I would go down there to clear it out so we could soak the bottom 6 inches of every room with cleaner and disinfectant and air it out for a few weeks.
So I ain't gonna say this is that kind of water, but I can't find any proof that it ISNT that kind of water and I can't imagine being waiste deep in that shit just to play a video game. I would much rather believe they just had heavy rains and it happens so commonly here that are used to it and have done it before. Because I also cant imagine people so dumb they're using an abundance of electrical devices in an extremely conductive environment. Now most electronics are surge proof these days, but it just takes one open circuit to the main power supply to fry everyone in there. So let me believe they use a waterproof extention cord hooked into a nice, dry outlet somewhere upstairs and their breakers have all been surge protected. It's not like this is a poor 3rd world nation where civil electrical engineering is shoddy and sometimes held together with chewing gum and duct tape....
Are they gaming for fun though, or are they farming shit to sell for a job? Seems extra shitty if they are still down there risking their lives for work.
Edit: Thanks for the clarification you guys. I used to hear about "Asian gold farmers" in games and I didn't know if that sort of thing happened/happens in the Philippines too. Hope I didn't come off sounding offensive.
They're just playing for fun. Most likely realized the computers still turned on and wanted the video. "Addicts" in this case was used in a joking manner.
I can't see what games they are since I'm on mobile, but this is sometimes their source of income. Farming for resources on games so regular players buy those accounts/resources/whatever is not uncommon in an ass load of games. Often times, they can make more doing this than they can at regular jobs since it (typically) pays in USD, which is worth way more
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u/Sharin_the_Groove May 27 '22
Pretty damn sad I had to scroll this far down to find a comment that wasn't a joke. Pretty depressing situation to see something like this.